What Is Populism

'This lucid guide is essential reading' Guardian From Donald Trump to Recep Erdogan, populists are on rise across globe. But what exactly is populism? Should everyone who criticizes Wall Street or Washington be called a populist? What precisely is difference between right-wing and left-wing populism? Does populism bring government closer to or is it a threat to democracy? Who are the people anyway and who can speak in their name? These questions have never been more pressing. In this provocative book, Jan-Werner Muller argues that at populism's core is a rejection of pluralism. Populists will always claim that they and they alone represent and their true interests. Contrary to conventional wisdom, populists…